Profile Information

Patricia Smith

Michigan, United States

Roles

Educator

Levels

Grade 9 (ages 13-14)

Subjects

Social Studies

About me

I'm a retired university professor seeking to introduce economics and the interesting problems it can help us analyze. Women are more underrepresented in economics than in STEM fields, so I want to introduce girls and young women to the social sciences in general and economics in particular.

I taught introductory economics, statistics, and the economics of poverty and discrimination. I received my university's distinguished teaching award in 2020 and its Susan B. Anthony award in 1998.